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Once I grabbed my tray and left the lunch line I turned around and looked around the cafeteria for the familiar light brown hair from earlier. I spotted her sitting at a table near the middle of the room.

      I walked over and she waved me over and patted the seat next to her. I sat down and she jumped right into the introductions. "I'm Olivia." She started pointing to herself. She then pointed to the person next to her, he had dirty blonde hair and light blue eyes. "This is Adam." He looked up from stuffing his face and gave me a toothy grin.

      Olivia leaned over and whispered. "He thinks he's hilarious, but he's not."

      I laughed at her side comment as she continued. Next she pointed to a person across from me. "This is Cole." He didn't look up from his phone when he heard his name and continued to text. He had black long hair and dark brown eyes. He along with Adam where very muscular, but not buff. "Cole here is probably texting his girlfriend, Ally."

      A girl sat between Cole and me and gave me a smile before pecking Cole on the lips. I'm assuming she's Ally, she had long red hair with striking blue eyes.

      "...and that's Ally." Olivia said.

      I nodded and smiled at the group before me. "I'm Isabella, but you can call me Bella." I stated.

     "Nice to meet you Bella." Adam said.

      Adam and Cole started to bicker about PDA after they finished eating, Adam saying it's gross and to get a room. I was laughing my head off until a person came up to the table looking at everyone confused, before looking at me with a cold stare.

      Olivia was quick to explain. "This is Blake." She said. "And this is Bella. She's a new student." She clarified.

      He just nodded and pulled up a chair in between Cole and Adam. He started to eat witch gave me time to study him, he had black hair like Coles, but instead of dark brown eyes he had emerald green eyes, striking compared to his dark hair and tan skin. He caught me staring and smirked as he continued to chew his food.

I blushed slightly and look down at my tray. Really Bella!? Blushing, since when did you start to do that?

       "So, there's this party on Friday..." Adam started out before Olivia held a finger up to his mouth and hushed him.

      "Done even start. I'm already there." Olivia said enthusiastically.

      Ally nodded. "Count me in."

      "Count me in." Cole states.

      "Blake?" Adam whines as he pokes him.

      Blake just silently nodded and got up with his tray as he left the table. "Bella? Would you like to come with us?" Ally asks.

      "Sure." I said with a big grin on my face.

     My first American party!
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     "Woah!" Olivia screeched as we walked into my apartment.

My apartment was about a mile away from the high school, on the south side of school right next to the downtown area. It was on the third floor and had an amazing view of the Mississippi River. Living here alone had its perks and downfalls as usual, one being the fact that it was a two bedroom apartment and only I lived here.

Ally and Olivia ran in and jumped on the couch. Both sprawled out as they gave a content sigh. "I can't believe you live here!" Ally yelled.

I walked over and gave a sly grin. "Who's going to do my hair?" I asked.

Ally automatically jumped and garbed the brush from my hands and ran over to the bathroom connected to the living room. "Dibs!"

Olivia sat up and I sat down next to her as Ally plugged in the curler and blow drier. I still couldn't believe that I had these two amazing friends with me. Olivia nudged me in the arm with her elbow. "How can you have this big of a place as a teenager?" She asked while looking around with a far off look on her unblemished face.

In reality, my parents bought this house, they sent me here to live a normal life. One that comes without royalty responsibilities . One that I could enjoy; but I couldn't tell her that. Not now at least. "I saved up." I lied.

She nodded, buying the lie that came effortlessly out of my mouth. She took a deep breath before getting up and turning to face me. "You ready to become a princess for the night?" She asked.

You have no idea.

      She dragged me into the bathroom where Ally was already curling her own hair, her bright red hair bouncing in the perfectly done curls. Olivia sat me down and started to straighten my hair and Ally started to put foundation on my face, concentrating on painting my face.

    Ten laughing fits and one burnt piece of hair later I was done and I looked stunning. I was wearing a tight body-con dress that reached halfway up my thighs and combat boot-heels that matched perfectly with the black dress. Olivia was wearing a t-shirt dress that reached her knees that was wine-red with heels. Ally looked stunning in a tank top dress with a black camouflage jacket and white converse shoes.

     Once we where all done teasing our hair we set off towards the party.